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Category Archives: Charity
Inside The Elie Wiesel Foundation
From the Times of London Dec. 20, 2008: It takes an extraordinarily heartless conman to swindle a survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald and Nobel Peace Prize winner out of all his charitable funds. Yet that is exactly what Bernard “Bernie” … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Madoff, Charity, Elie Wiesel
Tagged elie weisel, Elie Wiesel, elie wiesel foundation, elie wiesel foundation for humanity, financial meltdown, howard sobel, internal revenue code, latham and watkins, madoff, nine times, nobel peace prize, nobel peace prize winner, peace prize winner, us taxpayer
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Inside The Chais Family Foundation
It went bankrupt when Bernie Madoff was arrested. On its 2007 990 IRS filing, it reported assets of $178 million. (2006 filing) From the Los Angeles Times: Chais, 82, did not respond to interview requests. Last week, he told the … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Madoff, Charity
Tagged assets, bernie madoff, family foundation, honorary doctorates, irs filing, jewish charities, jewish philanthropy, weizmann institute
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The Elie Wiesel Foundation Does Not Have Clean Hands
The losers in the Bernie Madoff scandal rarely have clean hands. They were knowing participants in a scheme that was entirely imprudent and in more jeopardy than a virgin at a jailhouse rodeo. The Elie Wiesel Foundation had $9 million … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Madoff, Charity
Tagged bernie madoff, Elie Wiesel, elie wiesel foundation, louis rukeyser, rsm mcgladrey, wiesenthal center
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Jewish Philanthropy Devastated By Bernie Madoff Scam
JTA reports: Sources close to Yeshiva University, where Madoff served as treasurer of the board of trustees and chairman of the board of Y.U.’s Sy Syms School of Business until he resigned last week, said that the school has lost … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Charity
Tagged bernie madoff, forbes magazine, fred wilpon, gmac financial services, high finance, jewish new york, philadelphia eagles owner, subprime mortgage, sy syms, uja federation of new york
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Jewish Charities Battle To Take Credit For Baby Moshe
This is rich: Groups battle over credit for baby Moshe NEW YORK (JTA) — Something of a philanthropic tussle broke out between two organizations vying to take credit for their role in helping to care for the orphan of the … Continue reading
Posted in Chabad, Charity
Tagged chabad lubavitch, crown heights section, migdal ohr, public relations campaigns, rabbi yehuda, world outreach program
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